Process for making corrugated wire glass



July 13 1926. y

. A A. SHUMAN PROCESS FOR MAKING GORRUGATED WIRE GLASS Fied Feb. 11; `192e 5 sheets-sheet 1 my 13, i926. 1,592,225

. A. SHUMAN PROCESS FOR MAKING CORRUGATED WIRE GLASS Filed Feb. 11, 192e y s sheets-sheet 2 nu. N l 2% I ?n`texitd July 13,3926.,A

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Application Ned February 1i, 1928, Seriali Io. 87,480.

The psincipal obgfect of the present invcntion is to provide 'for the rapid and satisfactory production of wire giass in which the Wire mesh is centrali, die osed and B which is possessed of e goocyinis e process of the invention consists in rolling a fiat sheet of glass 'with dat wire mesh embedded therein, and, while the interior portion o the sheet is suioiently '10 plastic by heat to ermit twists of the mesh to stretch and w 'ile the exterior of the sheet is suieientiy solid by cooling upon bending to retain its form, simultaneously corrugatng said sheet .and mesh in part by laying it on a corrugated table and in eert by pressing it between corrugated sureces. For'the 'sake of further explanation the invention will be :further described connection with the apparatus shown in the 90 drawings and which is Well adopted for that purpose, and in thedrawings.

Figure l is e view partly n elevation and pertly in section.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fiffnre l, end A iligor@ il is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure y ki pour of glass'is made, as at a, into ne specs between the surfaces of the rolle l and. 2 end the surface 'of the embedding roll 3 end-flat Wire mesh i is fed in et the saine' piace. The enriace of the embedding roll is provided with teeth or projections 5, which 'operate' to4 push the Wire mesh $5 through one surface of the sheet of glass to the center thereof, leevingrlumps of gie-ss l projecting through the openings in the wire. `me'sh. The healing roller 6 smooths out these lumps or 4.0 sheet of Wireg ass and delivers it edge- Wise downwardly towards the corrugated teble 7 as at 8, so that the sheet loses enough -of its heat to lprevent undue flow of the glass in respect to the mesh.' 5 Relative'movexnent is provided between the table 7 and the described apparatus or rolling the sheet of flat wire glass.' As shown, the rolls 2, 3 and' 6` are'mounted on e wheeled'carriage 9, movable on ways 5010 and ropelled by pinions with rae s 12 `(Fig. 3). There is a. motor 13, wlch hy gearing 14, turns the roller 1,' which by gearing 15, turns tiieparts 2,

platen 2l., oi the rejections forming a. fiat.

ily meshing 3, 6 ,il in the directions indicated hy the arrows. lo The heet of wire glass delivered at 8, may be direeted'upon thetable 7, b the guide 16 carried by the carrie e- 9. le the interior portion of this s eet is guiciently plastic` by heat to permit the twists 6G oi the mesh to stretch and while the exterior of the sheet is sniliciently solidby cooling upon bending to 'retain its form, the sheet is deposited upon the corrugated surece of the table 7. Hers hythe gentle iniinence of gravity it is partially corrugated, with seine loss of heat more particularly at the surface.

The ooriugetion of me sheet is completed end its surface is improved by pressing it lo between. corrugntedv surfaces of which one is. the snraee' of the tebie and of which the other is the corrugated fece of the peess 17, Fig. 2,

The prese comprises a wheeled truck 18, movable on thel ways l() and also movable in respect to the carriage 9, with which it is connected oy springe 19 and by e .hinged goint 2G. The @negated fece 17 of the ress isvpressed towards the table I and re eased By 'means of cams 22 and springs 23 (Fi e.' l and 2), .The carne ere drive-n from roll 3 by means ci' gearing 24.' When the psess is leresspaitiaily and cooled sheet o wire glass the truck 113 1s at rest and the springs 19 ere in tension end therjoint 2G is expended, and wheuthe platen 21 is raised the truck catches up with the cairiege 9 and, thus the press Works over 9e the entire sheet of Wire glass. lt will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modi'- icetions may be made in details of proeedure and hence the invention is not limited @5y in respect to such. metter or oth revise than as Vthe prior artr and the appended claims may require.

claim:

The process of making wire glass which im consists in rolling a plain sheet of glass with wire mesh embedded therein, end, while the interior portion of the sheet is sucieiztly laetic by heat to nnit twists of the mes to stretch end w -le the exterior. osheet snioientlif solid hy upon' bending to retain its form, simultaneously corrugating said sheet and mesh in part by.

laying it upon a corrugated table and 1u part by pressing it between corrugated surfaces.

2. The process of making W-ire glass which consists in rolling a plain sheet of Wire glass and passing the same'downwardly through the air to partially 'cool it, laying the partially cooled sheet upon a corrugated horizontal surface and permitting it to assume a part of the linal corrugated form by grav ity, and to be further cooled, and pressing the partially corrugated and plastic sheet between corrugated surfaces to bring it to the final corrugated form.

ARNO SHUMAN. 

